ROME (ITALPRESS) – It is increasingly evident that catastrophic events of atmospheric origin, and more generally the issue of climate change, are a central theme for the security of countries and also have important consequences that impact the economy, politics and relations between states, even going so far as to represent a potential element of new tension or conflict, particularly with regard to the control of resources. But they also unveil possible scenarios of geopolitical and geoeconomic competition related to the control of strategic territories.
These were some of the themes at the center of the presentation of the Med-Or Notebook, “Climate Change and Security: A Global Challenge,” which featured, among others, Giampaolo Cutillo, Central Director for Global Issues at MAECI’s Directorate General for Globalization and Global Affairs; Carlo Doglioni, Professor of Geodynamics at Rome’s Sapienza University and Vice President of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei; Sandro Carniel, Research Director at CNR – Institute of Polar Sciences; Raffaella Luglini, Chief Sustainability Officer at Leonardo; Giulia Genuardi, Managing, Director of Enel Foundation; and Cecilia Gatti, Executive Director Institutional Affairs at SNAM.
“The challenges for Italy, particularly with regard to what concerns the energy sector, is to be able to respond to climate change, to be able to put in place a transition that allows us to move towards the abandonment of fossil fuels and overcome current dependencies, while also transforming it into an industrial opportunity for growth for the country. Snam has been very committed to ensuring the security of energy supplies with the construction of the regasifier in Piombino, with the one in Ravenna that will start soon, the strengthening of transport and storage infrastructure. But it is paying attention to the transition by trying to build a hydrogen bridge from Africa to Germany through the SoutH2 Corridor project that is included in the Mattei Plan,” says Cecilia Gatti, Executive Director Institutional Affairs at SNAM.
According to Giulia Genuardi, Managing Director of the Enel Foundation, “This notebook brings together all aspects related to climate change. Today it is a big challenge for Italy but it is a big challenge in general for the whole world because we have to focus on the issue of resilience, of how we adapt to these climate changes. The challenge is to all work together in an interconnected way, to make sure that we also have a regulatory framework that allows us to be prepared in a changing environment. As an Enel group we are working a lot in studying what the new solutions may be, we are also studying the climate trends that may be there just to be ready. We have this proactive role of having stakeholders talk to each other because it’s a group game,” he concludes.
For Raffaella Luglini, Leonardo’s Chief Sustainability Officer, “the notebook gives us the opportunity to address a topic that is at the top of the agenda of all governments but also of companies, namely the connection between sustainability, of which climate change is one of the cornerstones, and the concept of security. The challenges and risks, but above all the opportunities in addressing these issues, are very significant for our country, which is positioning itself as a primary player on the international geopolitical scenario, but they are also particularly relevant for a company like Leonardo that has security as its core business and perorant mission. There is no sustainable development without security,” he continues, “the concept of global security must be declined in a very wide range of areas ranging from energy, one of the most pressing, but also food security, of citizens. These are all issues that the Med-Or notebook has addressed and framed in a broad geopolitical dimension, and today is an opportunity to discuss it and address it pragmatically.”
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